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Zacharias

American  
[zak-uh-rahy-uhs] / ˌzæk əˈraɪ əs /

noun

  1. Douay Bible. Zechariah.

  2. Saint. Also died 752, Greek ecclesiastic, born in Italy: pope 741–752.

  3. Zachariah.

  4. a male given name, form of Zachariah.


Zacharias British  
/ ˌzækəˈraɪəs /

noun

  1. New Testament John the Baptist's father, who underwent a temporary period of dumbness for his lack of faith (Luke 1)

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Rembrandt's Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, from 1633, was excluded from a list of the Dutch master's works in 1960, and disappeared after being sold to a private collector the following year.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

The video, taken by witness Harrison Pessy, has drawn a lot of interest from news outlets and social media channels, and Zacharias said she hoped that would help police solve the case.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2024

FBI agents also arrested Navarro’s mother, Dora Asghari, 59, of Torrance and a friend, Zacharias Diamantides-Abel, 34, of Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2023

Zacharias Moussaoui, the only man convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, was tried in Virginia, not far from the Pentagon.

From Seattle Times Aug. 9, 2023

And it befell that when Zacharias should do the office of the priesthood in the order of his course before God,

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

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